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Members of the Female Filmmakers in Kenya Association (FEFKA) can now access medical insurance from as low as KSh 6,000 annually.

From the Oscars and the Kalashas to the Creative Economy Support Bill, we offer a detailed breakdown of the moments that defined the year.

Edwin Kairu, Lydia Matata, Hannington Juma, Gift Kyansimire and Wacuka Mungai each received development grants of up to KES 1.5 million.

In Kenya's creative economy, opaque funding and grand promises expose the widening gap between budget, policy and action.

Bold theatre, hits and misses, cautious streaming, and lofty promises, what does the first half of 2025 mean for Kenya’s creative future?

Too few screens, high ticket prices, poor infrastructure, we unpack the crisis in Kenyan cinemas and what it will take to revive them.

The founder of Filmmakers Hangout is building peer networks and reshaping access and distribution in Kenya’s film industry.

Nice Githinji’s journey from actor to intimacy coordinator and film curator who is reshaping Kenya’s cinema culture through Boma Film Nights.

Media and entertainment lawyer Linda Musita unpacks how film contracts in Kenya exploit actors and crew, and calls for urgent reform.

Tonny Ogwa calls for a bold reinvention of Kenyan cinema grounded in cultural identity, originality, and artistic vision.

Inspired by Christopher Nolan and M. Night Shyamalan, emerging Kenyan filmmaker Trevor Sagide explores the mind and the unknown.

From significant milestones to commendable firsts to notable returns, 2024 was a buzzier and busier year for Kenya's film, TV and theatre industry.

This piece examines the cost of censorship on banned Kenyan films, and on emerging filmmakers yearning to tell bold stories.

The Film Industry Satellite Account aims to estimate the Kenyan film industry's contribution to the country’s overall GDP.

To build profitability, the Kenyan film industry must really work towards winning the audience and growing a strong cinema culture.